Carving-fork



O. L'. BUTLER. Carving Pork.

No. 229 802. Patented JuIy13, 1880.

Inventor.

Witnesses:

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UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE.

CALVIN L. BUTLER, OF GREE NFIELD, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN RUSSELL OUTLEEY COMPANY, OF TURNERS FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS.

CARVING-FORK.

SPEC IFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,802, dated July 13, 1880.

Application filed J annary 7, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CALVIN L. BUTLER, of Greenfield, State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Garvthe shank at a.

ing-Forks, of which the following is a specification.

'The invention consists in providing a guard so hinged to the shank of a carving-fork as to serve also as a rest with a spring the free end of which catches against one side or the other of the shoulder to keep the guard in position whether opened or closed.

one piece with. the guard, and s is a shoulder, cast in one piece with the shank, and against one side or the other of which the free end of the spring catches, accordingly as the guard B is closed or open, as seen in Fig. 2. The shoulder s is of such form that the free end of the spring can be carried over it in either direction with the requisite extra pressure upon the guard.

I claim In combination with a carving-fork having a shoulder formed on its shank, a hinged guard branching upon each side of the shank and provided with a spring-tongue, which forms a part thereof and works in connection with said shoulder, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

CALVIN L. BUTLER.

Witnesses:

, E. P. HIToHoooK, R. N. OAKMAN, Jr. 

